Does the filtering process make tap water taste better? The tap water where I live is safe but tastes gross so that's my main concern.
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The filter is made of activated charcoal, which should help improve the taste.
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Yes. It makes tap water taste noticeably different. The filter is ionized, so it traps chlorine and other chemicals in it. The filters last for quite some time, which is very convenient. Also, unlike Brita Bottle, with Bobble every time you change the filter you are also changing the mouth piece, so it doesn't end up getting gross after a few months. So yes, the filtering process does make tap water taste better. It tastes similar to purified water (especially after the first several uses of the filter) and is worth the purchase.
592122
I don't know. I just put it in my Keurig machine and enjoy. I use tap water and it tastes fine.
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My previous response was based on taste. I trust that the filtration process will remove the chlorine and other harmful contaminates.
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No I have not notice a sweet taste after filtering my water. Look at from this angle, it is far better having sweet water than having to drink water that has the rotten egg smell/taste. If you are really that concerned about the sweet taste of the water call up or email Sawyer and get their official say on the matter or send a water sample to a public water testing facility and see what they determine is in the water that you are filtering. That's about all I can say on the matter. Good Luck.
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Our water was not originally smelly, so I can't say, but our water tastes much better with the filter than it did without.
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very little unusual taste on the treated water and i don't think there is enough contaminates for it to be filtered. if you see anything bulk in the water, then by all means go ahead and filter it.
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No - You can use it on tap water to filter out the chlorine taste and some minerals but this is not to be used to filter salt or water that would be considered contaminated. This filter is mainly used for taste.
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I use tap water. It says distilled is better but i haven't had any issues. Been using it weekly since i got it about 5 months ago
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I have not, but this is a 2 stage filter which is good for almost all water. If you have really bad water, then changing this filter as recommended might not be a bad idea since they recommend you change them frequently, or using a 5 stage filter if possible. You should find out what kind of contaminants are in your water and what these filters are capable of filtering. Just my opinion, but any water that is distributed to the public and doesn't need to be boiled first should be fine when using this. My water here has an almost sweet or bitter taste and the filter gets rid of that and I haven't changed the filter yet for a couple months.
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Personally I like the taste. I previously had a H300 Everpure filter and the taste for this filter and other brands were the same. My locality has pretty clean water to begin with. The UF3 does a great job with little loss in pressure which the H300 Everpure could not match.
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This water tastes like plain distilled water, and I'm using a pretty nasty source of tap water in it and still getting zero water(I use a tester). I think you'll find the taste of this water to be to your liking, but use two charcoal filters instead of one, that's what I do and the water tastes great and no fluoride!
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If bad taste is just in water from Hot water dispenser only, then filter will not help. Certain bacteria can grow in hot water dispensers especially if left idle for long periods and not using chlorinated water. Try draining and flushing.
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Mary,I have used the filter few times now, in quite a few different situations and every time the water is clean, safe and tastes great, no problems for me.
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I've had both and this filter is a lot easier to take care of from my point of view. The water tastes great...no chlorine smell or taste. I've also found the cost to be less, but we did have a company service our reverse osmosis system.
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I dont havr the sheet with me but i think so. On Berkeys website it will tell you what it filters. I know it does remove alot of taste from it. I live on San Antonio Texas and we have aquafer water. When I drink my girfriends Berky water it has almost no taste at all.
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I have distilled for years....20 years with a large PURE distiller. Now I have this small counter distiller. It works great. Love it. Know about the taste of distilled water. If you got water dripping out of your spout there can be no chloride in it because the very process of distillation. Distilled water is tasteless. That being said...it will 'taste' different because city water systems put so much into our drinking water that when we taste the 'absence' of those things we perceive it as tasting different. You might be tasting the charcoal from the filter. Try not using the filter. I don't. I just use a small funnel placed in the opening of the jug and then centered under the drip spout it works great. There is no real need to filter distilled water with charcoal. That is just a gimmick from the companies to have return purchases from people to resupply the charcoal filters. In fact after some use charcoal filters can introduce bacterias back into your fresh distilled water, as they can hold dust and airborne particals in them.....hence the company gets you to buy replacements and get more of our money. Distilled water is water steam only, condensed back into solid form without anything in it but the pure water. Hope this helps someone.
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Boy asking wrong person. You need to ask Brita those serious questions. I would certainly boil my water then filter to be extra safe.